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" When you are the host, you have to take the party into your hands like a conductor. "

Lidia Bastianich

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" Cooking for somebody is very personal. "

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" Kids today are really so alienated from the source of food. If they are going to nourish themselves properly, if they are going to safeguard this environment we have and the economy that goes with it and world hunger that goes with it, they need to know about food. "

Lidia Bastianich

" I love that I've become a mentor, almost like a mother, to all the people out there that love Italian, that love cooking. I seem to make them comfortable. "

Lidia Bastianich

" There is a history to Italian food that goes back thousands of years, and there's a basic value of respecting food. America is young and doesn't have that. "

Lidia Bastianich

" My success is that I have these two great cultures behind me. One is Italian. I've continued to nurture that. But I also feel very American. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Food feeds our souls. It is the single great unifier across all cultures. The table offers a sanctuary and a place to come together for unity and understanding. "

Lidia Bastianich

" My grandmother was the genesis of my connection and passion to food. "

Lidia Bastianich

" What really makes your business is your workers - their commitment, their knowledge, how you train them, how you treat them. They have to make the entity a winning entity. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Holidays - any holiday - are such a great opportunity to focus on bringing the family together. "

Lidia Bastianich

" The food of a country is my story. It is a small story, but people relate so much to it. I want to share that, but also the idea of bringing people and family together. "

Lidia Bastianich

" My evolution came not as a plan but as opportunities came. People offer them when they see you're doing something well. It's up to you to recognize them, take them, and then dedicate yourself to them. "

Lidia Bastianich

" What I do is my life, but it's not like I spend 18 hours a day, seven days a week in the restaurants. "

Lidia Bastianich

" I develop trust, and I think it's the most important to my growth. If my restaurants are always full and my books sell, it's this trust. "

Lidia Bastianich

" The service of food is to nurture, to please, to nourish. "

Lidia Bastianich

" A box of spaghetti can take seven minutes to cook, and you can make a sauce at that time with perhaps garlic, olive oil, and zucchini. Then you've got yourself a complete meal. The whole thing shouldn't take more than half an hour. "

Lidia Bastianich

" It's in the nature of Italians to live life with a positive tone and to celebrate the invitations that come along in life. Italian food is so conducive to all of that. "

Lidia Bastianich

" What I continuously remember is when I was a child in the courtyard with my grandmother and we milked the goat and we made the ricotta. The still-warm ricotta from our goat, on top of a piece of bread, and we used to sprinkle just a little bit of honey or sugar on it. That flavor, that stays in my memory. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Whether you talk about the olive oil, whether you talk about Aceto Balsamico, whether you talk about Grana Padano, whether you talk about Mozzarella di Bufala. These are all traditional Italian products that are hard to beat, and they're easy to transport and buy. You don't have to do much around it. Just eat them. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Italians are very conscious of what they eat, how they eat, and its digestion. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Telling my grandchildren stories of my growing up is some of our favorite times spent together. They want to know what it was like and what I did as a child. They seem to be especially interested in the organic and simplistic setting I grew up in. "

Lidia Bastianich

" The Caprese salad perfectly represents the colors of the Italian flag. While I am not so sure that the colors of the flag stem from the cuisine, there is no denying that those colors do evoke a typical Italian plate. "

Lidia Bastianich

" We had our wheat. We made our own olive oil. We made our wine. We had chickens, ducks; we had sheep, cows, milk. So I was raised in a very simple situation but understanding really food from the ground... the essence of food and the flavors. And those memories I took with me, and I think that they lingered on. "

Lidia Bastianich

" As a chef, I feel that it is my duty to make the most of what the earth gives us. "

Lidia Bastianich

" I love making apple strudel. "

Lidia Bastianich

" America has many cultures which makes it great, but it's difficult to create one strong identity. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Chemistry was my college interest. Cooking is about chemistry. "

Lidia Bastianich

" That's the beauty of risotto. You can make it any flavor you want. It's a great carrier. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Food is all about the story of a people through the ages. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Eating is something we all have to do. When we sit down at the table, we nurture ourselves, and hence, all our resistance goes away. We are open to receiving good and taking it in with gusto and pleasure. "

Lidia Bastianich

" Match the right food to the right occasion. Think about what you are celebrating. If you are honoring people, what are their favorite foods? If it is a holiday, what is the food for it? When you give an identity to the party, people appreciate that. "

Lidia Bastianich